Official UK procurement notice
Regional Internal Audit Services
Authority: The Police and Crime Commissioner for Derbyshire (Police & fire)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis Invitation to Tender (“ITT”) has been issued by The Police and Crime Commissioner for Derbyshire (the “contracting authority”), who is acting as the Lead Contracting Body for this procurement. The contracting authority is seeking to award a Framework Agreement for the provision of Regional Internal Audit Services.
CPV: Accounting and auditing services · Auditing services · Internal audit services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Open framework
- Call-offs
- call-offs are awarded directly to appointed suppliers, without further competition
- Framework period
- 4 yrs 1 mo from 1 Mar 2027
Who may buy through it
Contract/Framework Participants: The Police and Crime Commissioner for Derbyshire Leicestershire Police and Crime Commissioner Lincolnshire Police and Crime Commissioner Northamptonshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Nottinghamshire Police and Crime Commissioner And all the respective fire and rescue authorities
Published description of the framework
Each participating organisation will be responsible for conducting its own call-off process and entering into its own call-off contract with the appointed contractor. Contractors must complete and return their proposed charges in a document titled ‘DP1082 - Pricing Schedule’. This will become Schedule 7 of the Framework Agreement. Contractors must ensure that all prices quoted in accordance with the Services are fixed for the full term of the Framework Agreement.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£5,000,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: Business Requirements/Method Statements - 60% Presentation - 10% Social Value - 10%
- Price
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Regional Internal Audit Services” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract, and call-offs are awarded directly: getting appointed is the whole game.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Contract/Framework Participants: The Police and Crime Commissioner for Derbyshire Leicestershire Police and Crime Commissioner Lincolnshire Police and Crime Commissioner Northamptonshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Nottinghamshire Police and Crime Commissioner And all the respective fire and rescue authorities
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 11 Sept 2026, 12:03 BST
- Last source update
- 8 Oct 2026, 15:20 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 30 Nov 2026
- Authority reference
DP1082- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-086351- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f7ecFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 13 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 9 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
11 Sept 2026 → 1 Mar 2027 · 6 dates- Tender notice published45 days ago11 Sept 2026, 12:03 BST
- Latest notice published18 days ago8 Oct 2026, 15:20 BST
- Clarification questions by17 days ago9 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Admission / appointment period ends13 days ago · period end, not a bid countdown13 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Today27 Oct 2026
- Award decision expected byin 34 days30 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 124 days1 Mar 2027
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 11 Sept 2026- Tender notice published11 Sept 2026, 12:03 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published8 Oct 2026, 15:20 BSTUK4
- Deadline moved to 13 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST8 Oct 2026, 15:20 BST+4 days · was 9 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender